Tag: Windows Azure

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To meet today’s business challenges and take advantage of the opportunities offered by the cloud, people are now rethinking the datacenter. I see a lot of this in my recent Azure IT Camps as well. With the latest releases of Windows Server and Microsoft System Center, Microsoft offers an array of options for reducing infrastructure…

Spring into action by Integrating Windows Azure and Microsoft Office 365! As it begins to warm up and we move into springtime, join Jeffery Mitchell from Bit-Wizards (Partner) and Adnan Cartwright (MVP) as they show you what’s “hot” with Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Office 365 integration including Active Directory Federated Services, Single-Sign On, and Password Sync. …

Windows Azure Webinar Series | View in browser If you missed our recent webinar series, here's your chance to get up to speed. The Windows Azure Webinar Series is now available on-demand by tuning into Channel 9 TechNet Radio. With Windows Azure, IT pros can easily extend an on-premises network to embrace the power…

You CAN have the best of both worlds! With Windows Azure and System Center 2012 R2, IT Pros can easily extend an on-premises network to embrace the power and scale of the cloud – securely and seamlessly. These Hybrid Cloud scenarios present real solutions that you can implement today to solve pressing IT issues such…

FREE Azure Trial Walk-Through Using the 4 easy steps provided in this article, you’ll be able to activate a FREE Windows Azure Trial Subscription, suitable for building your Lab in the Cloud for Windows Server 2012 R2 or Linux without the need for local on-premises lab hardware. This trial subscription provides a tremendous opportunity to…

New Olympic events in snowboarding, freestyle skiing and figure skating in the 2014 Olympic Winter Games start Thursday and when NBC’s viewers want to see those competitions and others streamed live or on demand on their smartphones, tablets, computers or Internet-connected TVs, it will be Windows Azure Media Services making it possible, from behind…

Office 365 – Identity Models Where do you start with Office 365? You must first decide which model makes sense for your organization, to do that, you must understand your options. Jeffery Mitchell is the one you understand real world scenarios and listens to your needs and crafts a talented proposed model for any kind…

Here’s a quick way to delete the Jobs and Alert events that show up in the Windows Azure Backup. First make sure you don’t need the JOB history first ! 🙂 Go to Event Viewer and select Applications and Services Logs Open up the CloudBackup – Operational log and delete the events, there…

When reinstalling Windows Server 2012 R2 on bare metal I wanted to use the existing certificate I purchased from GO DADDY. When setting up the Windows Azure Recovery Services from scratch the existing certificate was deleted out of Azure storage. When I set up the Windows Azure Recovery Services again I used my existing Public…

In this episode Blain Barton demos and discusses the features and functionalities found in the Windows Azure Web Site service. We’ll discuss how you can spin up multiple web instances for additional scalability and discuss Shared versus Standard modes. We’ll demonstrate how to create a new website in the Web App Gallery, how to change…

Follow our entire series on twitter at #WhyWin2012R2 This is a “step-by-step” lab guide to implementing Windows Azure Recovery Services/Backup Vault with Windows Server 2012 R2 using a self-signed (private) certificate you make with makecert.exe. Windows Azure Recovery Services can help you protect important server data offsite with automated backups to Windows Azure Backup Vaults,…

Using a Public Certificate from a Commercial CA with Windows Azure Backup Vault and Windows Server 2012 R2 is a popular topic so I wanted to include it in the Windows 2012 R2 Series. This pertains to Windows Server and IIS. This is a “step-by-step” post that walks you through the public cert processes I…

Alex wrote a great article on creating multiple WordPress websites by levering the LINKED RESOURCES with our partners and leveraging the free cleardb Mercury Plan that gives you up to 20MB for your cleardb database, up to 4 connections, daily backups and great for getting started and developing your apps. Read on… http://www.tbvug.com/create-multiple-wordpress-sites-in-windows-azure/ Follow me…

Join us at this FREE virtual event to experience the power of Hybrid Cloud. Field-experienced Technical Evangelists will help you jumpstart your knowledge of Windows Azure Storage, Virtual Machines and Virtual Networking for key IT Pro scenarios. Hybrid Cloud scenarios offer real solutions that you can implement today. Complete all of the hands-on labs and…

Live Webcast: Automated Deployment of SharePoint in the Cloud Wednesday, November 6, 2013 12:00pm until 1:00pm in EST Join Microsoft Evangelist Bob Hunt for this one hour Webinar and learn how to automate deployment of SharePoint in the Cloud. SharePoint 2013 continues to be one of the hottest technologies that businesses are looking to evaluate…

Wednesday, October 9, 2013 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ONLINE Webcast Join Microsoft Technical Evangelist Tommy Patterson for this one hour highly-concentrated exploration of Microsoft’s infrastructure as a cloud service as we demonstrate the management of key workloads in the new Microsoft cloud, as well as discuss different cloud scenarios for your infrastructure. BYOD…

Introducing Windows Azure for IT Professionals by Mitch Tulloch with the Windows Azure Team! Whether you’re new to the Windows Azure platform or are already using it in your business, this book has something that should interest you. Most Windows Azure services are described in some detail, with screenshots used to demonstrate some of…

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Creating Oracle Databases on Windows Server 2012 in Microsoft’s Windows Azure For questions contact Blain Barton – blainbar@microsoft.com The first thing you want to do is get your Windows Azure one month free trial, MSDN or BizSpark (with Azure) subscription. You first may also want to create an Affinity Group to keep your…

Join local Microsoft cloud experts for a free one day IT Camp on Windows Azure. You’ll hear the latest on the Microsoft cloud platform, dive deep into Windows Azure Infrastructure Services, and participate in hands-on labs that demonstrate the power of this on-demand, scalable compute infrastructure. To prepare for the event make sure and provision…

Research has shown that approximately 65% to 70% of organizations today have more than one hypervisor deployed. This presents a large opportunity for IT Professionals to increase their technical differentiation and value in the IT marketplace by supporting multiple hypervisors. Using this free eBook and the "Early Experts" study program, IT Professionals can easily extend…

TechNet Radio: IT Time – Creating a Windows Azure Virtual Network with Site-to-Site Connectivity Microsoft MVP Regional Director and Principal Owner of Homnick Systems, Joe Homnick, is back for today’s show, to show us how to create a Windows Azure Virtual Network and connect it with our local network using Site-to-Site Connectivity. Don’t…